One day after fun. announced that they currently have no plans for a new album, bandleader Nate Ruess has announced his first solo album.
Ruess’ yet-to-be-titled solo effort will “tentatively” arrive this summer and was inspired by his relationship with Charlotte Ronson, whom he met almost a year ago. “In May, Ruess moved to New York City, in part to be closer to Ronson, and, like magic, the songs started flowing,” Rolling Stone reports.
One song penned for the new album, “Nothing Without Love,” will be the first single and is described by the report as a “worthy successor to ‘We Are Young’s’ stomp and scope.”
Ruess says he didn’t want to share the songs with fun. because these songs reflect his personal experiences. “You get a little selfish about the songs that you write, and it’s really hard to do that in a group setting, where there are two other people, and you have to think about everybody else’s feelings,” Ruess says. “I’m writing and singing these songs about myself. When you work with producers versus bandmates, that line becomes a lot less blurry.”
The singer admits that when he told fun. bandmates about the project, he botched the announcement. “I handled things poorly. It was a sloppy, long, kind of ‘Guys, I’ve got something that I really want to do, and I need the opportunity to do that.'”
The interview makes it sound like the future of fun. is very up in the air. The band were planning on a third album and new tour until Ruess found the whole process off-putting. He says it was all about whether or not decisions they were making were “good for business.”
Ruess has led two bands in his musical career (The Format and fun.). Both were excellent efforts, so we’re looking forward to seeing what he’s put together for his own project. Perhaps going solo is the best idea for Ruess long-term.
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